Brandon Bryant says he was sitting in a chair at a Nevada Air Force base operating the camera when his team fired two missiles from their drone at three men walking down a road halfway around the world in Afghanistan. The missiles hit all three targets, and Bryant says he could see the aftermath on his computer screen – including thermal images of a growing puddle of hot blood.

“The guy that was running forward, he’s missing his right leg,” he recalled. “And I watch this guy bleed out and, I mean, the blood is hot.” As the man died his body grew cold, said Bryant, and his thermal image changed until he became the same color as the ground.

[5] Drone Operator asks “Did we Just Kill a Kid”, Commander Tells him it Was Just a Dog with 2 Legs: http://www.prisonplanet.com/drone-operator-asks-%e2%80%9cdid-we-just-kill-a-kid%e2%80%9d-commander-tells-him-it-was-just-a-dog-with-2-legs.html

[6] Life as a US drone operator: ‘It’s like playing a video game for four years’: http://www.prisonplanet.com/life-as-a-us-drone-operator-its-like-playing-a-video-game-for-four-years.html